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Ambauen, Andreas Andrew, ed. Himmels-Rosen; oder: Darstellung der 15 heil. Rosenkranz-Geheimnisse nach der geheimnisvollen Stadt Gottes der gottseligen Klosterjungfrau Maria von Agreda mit prakt. Nutzanwendungen zum Gebrauche bei der Mai-Andacht, sowie auch während des Oktober- oder Rosenkranz-Monats. [Mount Angel, Ore.?]: the author, 1894. viii, 587 pp., ill.
On title page: Herausgegeben von Rev. Andreas Ambauen, Priester der Erzdiözese Milwaukee. Verfasser des “Geistlicher Jugendfreund,” u. s. w. Mit oberhirtlicher Genehmigung. Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers. 1894.
On t.p. verso: Imprimatur: F. X. Katzer, Erzbischof von Milwaukee. Wm. H. Gross, Erzbischof von Oregon. Buchdruckerei der Benediktiner Väter, Mount Angel, Ore. Copyright 1894 by Rev. Andrew Ambauen.
From Lamb’s Biographical Dictionary of the United States (1900):
AMBAUEN, Andrew Joseph, R.C. priest, was born at Beckenried, canton of Unterwalden, Switzerland, March 7, 1847; son of Michael and Barbara (Zimermann) Ambauen. He received his early education .in his native place and later in the Jesuit college at Feldkirch, Austrian Tyrol, and at the college at Brieg and Einsiedeln.
He studied theology at the seminary of Mentz, Hesse Darmstadt, and in 1872 came to the United States and completed his course of study at the Archi-Episcopal provincial seminary in Milwaukee,Wis. He was ordained priest in 1872, and served in various mission stations until 1886, when he became pastor of St. Joseph’s church at Dodgeville, Wis. He is the author of: “The Devout Companion ” (1887); “Our Christian Duties” (1887); “The Floral Apostles, or What the Flowers Say to Thinking Man ” (1892); and in German ” The Friend of Youth ” (1892); “Roses of Heaven ” (1894); and ” Guide to Our Celestial Home” (1885); and numerous articles contributed to Catholic magazines.
Ex libris: Salzmann Library, St. Francis Seminary, St. Francis, Wis. / Milwaukee, Wis. 53207.
Donated by John Manke, 2006

Businger, L. C. Lucas Caspar, bearb. Die Biblische Geschichte des Alten und Neuen Testaments. Für die katholischen Volkschulen der Vereinigten Staaten Nordamerika’s . New York, N.Y.: Benziger Brothers, 1864. [272] pp., ill.
On title page: “bearbeitet von L. C. Businger, Regens des bischöflichen Preisterseminars in Solothur. Mit Gutheissung vieler Hochw. Erzbischöfe und Bischöfe Deutschlands, Amerikas und der Schweiz.”
New-York, Cincinnati & Chicago. Verlag von Benziger Brothers, Typographen des hl. Apostol. Stuhles.
On t.p. verso: “Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Benziger Brothers, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of Ohio.”
Also on t.p. verso: Statements concerning the work at hand written by Jof. M. Henni, Bischof v. Milwaukie; Friedrich Baraga (deceased), Bischof von Saut-Sainte-Marie, Michigan; and J. B. Purrell, Erzbischof von Cincinnati.
Anhang (p. 239): “Evangelien der Sontage des Kirchen-Jahres und der in den Diözesen der Vereinigten Staaten gebotenen Feiertage.”
Missing pages after 272.
Inscribed “Sena Fox, Brighton, Wisc.”
Donated by John Manke.

Cooke, Maude C. Die Tafel und die Küche. Eine Sammlung von werthvollen und zuverlässigen Recepten in jeder Klasse der Kocherei, mit Toiletten-, Gesundheits- u. Haushalts-Regeln. Chicago, Ill.: Acme, 1890. vi, 630 pp., ill.
Second copy donated by Sheboygan County Historical Research Center and is inscribed by Mrs. Arthur Hotz. On title page: “Es giebt immer eine beste Art und Weise zur Ausübung aller Dinge.” –Emerson. (Uebers.) [There is always a best way of doing everything.] Von Maud C. Cooke. Nur verkauft durch Abbonnement. Binding broken, pp. 545-560 and 561-630 have separated. On title page verso: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1887, by Maud C. Cooke, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. From advertisement at back of book: “Acme Publishing House, Co., 521 Rialto Building, Chicago, Ill.”

Deutsche Evangelische Synode von Nord-Amerika, hrsg. Lesebuch für evangelische Schulen. Mittelstufe. St. Louis, Mo.: Eden, n.d. [c. 1885]. viii, 214 pp.
Donated by Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, 2008.

Evang.-lutherisches Gesangbuch fuer Kirche, Schule und Haus. Milwaukee, Wis.: Northwestern, n.d. xxxii, 602 pp. On title page: Verlag der Evang.-Lutherischen Synode von Wisconsin u. a. Staaten. Milwaukee, Wis. Northwestern Publishing House.
Stamped: Chas Kleinschmidt, 3922 So. Howell Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. Stamped on back cover: 1914.
Donated by Werner Randelzhofer, 2008.

Fibel für den Lese- und Schreibunterricht, nach der analytisch-synthetischen Methode. Cleveland, Ohio: Verlagshaus der Reformierten Kirche in den Vereinigten Staaten, 1894. 124 pp., ill.
Cover has separated.
Inscribed: Elsie Buchen, Plymouth, Wis., Apr. 1909.
Donated by Deborah Cook: “[The] primer belonged to my maternal grandmother, Elsie Buchen. My grandmother was born in 1900. . . [and she] was first cousin to Phillip Buchen, an advisor and cabinet member in President Ford’s administration. Her family moved to Corpus Cristi, Texas, where she continued to study German in public schools until the beginning of World War I. She once sadly told the story that, at the start of the war, they gathered all school books in the German language and these texts were burned in a very public bonfire in the school yard.”

Harders, J. F. G. Petrus. Kurze Züge aus einem Jüngerleben für Jünger und Jüngerinnen Christi. Ein Konfirmandenbüchlein. Milwaukee, Wis.: Northwestern, 1902. 113 pp., ill.
Inscribed: “Helene Voigt. Zur freundlichen Erinnerung an der Tag deiner Konfirmation, Paul Heidtke.”
Donated by Werner Randelzhofer, 2008.

Hattstädt, Otto, comp. Liederschatz. Eine Sammlung der schönsten und beliebteste deutschen Volkslieder mit Pianobegleitung für das christliche Haus. St. Louis, Mo.: Louis Lange, [19–?]. 2 vols. ([6], 160; [2], 140) pp.
Ausgewählt von Otto Hattstädt, Professor am Concordia-College, Milwaukee, Wis.
Volume 1 donated by the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, 2008.

Haushaltungs-Kochbuch. Ein vollständiges Handbuch praktischer, sparsamer, wohlschmeckender, gesunder und nützlicher Speisen. New York: W. J. Ivers & Co., 1891. 102, 6 pp.
On cover: M. J. Ivers & Co., No. 86 Nassau Str., New York. Preis 25 Cents. Illustrated cover. In fragile condition. Last six pages list titles in the “New American Series, Just Issued. Twenty-Five Cent Series,” followed by three unnumbered pages listing “Standard Comic Recitations by Best Authors” and “Standard Recitations by Best Authors.” Inside front and back covers also list titles in the “Standard Recitations by Best Authors” series.
Donated by Elaine Kraft, 2008.

Wernich, W. Waldemar. Unsere Hausthiere in gesundem und krankem Zustande, nebst Anleitung zum Futterbau. [2nd ed.]. Appleton, Wis.: H. W. Meyer, 1893. viii, 104, 20 pp., ill.
On title page: “Von W. Wernich, praktischem Farmer, land- und forstwirtschaftlichem Schriftsteller. Prämie zum Appleton Volksfreund. Appleton, Wis. Druck und Verlag von H. W. Meyer. 1893.” Bound with “Der Futterbau. Anweisung, Futterfelder zu bestellen und gute Dauerwiesen und Dauerweiden anzulegen.” Vorwort written by W. Wernich, Milwaukee, Wis. [Wernich, Waldemar, W., 1850-1898.]
Front cover missing.
Contents: Die Pferdezucht — Pferdehandel und edle Pferde — Pferdekrankheiten — Die Rindviehzucht — Die Krankheiten des Rindviehs — Die Schweinezucht — Die Krankheiten der Schweine — Die Schafzucht — Die Krankheiten der Schafe — Die Hühnerzucht in Wort und Bild — Gaense und Enten — Truthühner [Turkeys] — Der Futterbau: Der Grasbau — Der Kleebau.
Donated by Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, 2008.

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56. Nationales Sängerfest des Nordamerikanischen Sängerbundes, May 22, 23, 1998, Battelle Hall, Columbus, Ohio. Official Program. 1998. unpaginated, ill.
Includes translations of German songs.
Donated by Elaine Kraft.

Beiser, Marjorie. “Our Ancestors in 1858: The Arnoldi Family of Brown County, Minnesota.” Germanic Genealogy Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, Summer 2008, pp. 13.
Summary of a family history submitted to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the state of Minnesota. Michael Arnoldi and his wife, Anna Wetor Arnoldi both came from Prussia to Milford Township, Brown County, Minnesota, in 1857.

Busch, Karl August. Quer durch Amerika. Ein Reisetagebuch. Dresden: Dresdner Velagsbuchhandlung M. O. Groh, 1926. 331 pp., ill. (some col.).
From the Vorwort: “Die tiefen Wunden, die uns im Weltkrieg das Dazutreten Amerikas zu unseren Feinden schlug, beginnen langsam zu vernarben. Völker noch eher als Einzelmenschen müssen immer wieder miteinander leben. So ist das Interesse bei uns für Amerika wieder erwacht. Man fragt wieder interessiert: Wie sieht es drüben wirklich aus? Handbücher der Erdkunde, der Politik, des wirtschaftlichen Lebens usw. Amerikas gibt es dafür genug. Was ich im folgenden biete, will nichts als eine anschauliche Schilderung persönlicher Eindrücke und Erlebnisse in der Union von Neuyork bis San Francisco sein, die mir ein volles Studienjahr bot: Es will dem Leser, vor allem auch de weltbegierigen und wanderlustigen reiferen Jugend, schildern, wie es ‘drüben’ aussieht und wie es ‘drüben’ zugeht. Natürlich kann ich es nur so sagen, wie ich es erlebt und gesehen habe, und werde auch nur das beschreiben, was ich erlebt habe. Aber das Persönliche wird hier gerade das Reizvolle sein. Darum hat dabei hier und da wohl auch der Humor sein Recht. Nebenbei aber wird der aufmerksame Leser bald merken, dass er auch aus dieser Schrift allerlei Wissenswertes über das Leben des amerikanischen Volkes und das Land im ganzen lernen kann, so dass er bei der Lektüre das Angenehme mit dem Nützlichen verbindet.”
Donated by Elaine Kraft, 2008.

Dols, Betty. “Our Ancestors in 1858: Peter and Margaretha Schmitt of Trier.” Germanic Genealogy Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, Summer 2008, pp. 19.
Summary of a family history submitted to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the state of Minnesota. Peter Schmitt was born in 1818 near Trier and in 1843 he married Margaretha Wagner. The family immigrated to America and lived in Sand Creek Township, Scott County, Minnesota.

Durnbaugh, Donald F. “Research Note: The Autobiography of Johannn Georg Jungmann, a Moravian Missionary to the Indians.” Der Reggeboge (Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society) , vol. 37, no. 2, Dec. 2003, pp. 3-13.
Includes bibliographical notes.
Johann Georg Jungmann (1720-1808) was born in “Hockenheim in the Palatinate and came as a child to Pennsylvania in 1731-32 with his family, surviving an especially harrowing ocean crossing.” Jungmann was converted in a Moravian meeting as a young man, and in 1746 he began working with Native Americans. “In 1811 portions of Jungmann’s spiritual autobiography (Lebenslauf) were published in a Pietist-oriented publication in Nürnberg, Germany. This was reprinted in Der deutsche Pionier , the path-breaking journal on Germans in America founded and edited by Heinrich Armin Rattermann (1832-1923) of Cincinnati; it appeared in the first volume (1869-1870) of the journal. This in turn was republished in Benjamin F. Trexler’s Skizzen aus dem Lecha Thal (1880-1886) The first publication in English was “The Narrative of the Life of John George Jungmann,” in Periodical Accounts Relating to the Missions of the Church of the United Brethren , volume 6 (1814). The present translation into English is based on the original German publication of 1811.”
Donated by Dennis Boyer.

Dutchtalk Magazine. [S.l.: s.n. no. No. 1, n.d., 1950s?].
“Only periodical devoted to the language of the Dutch. Featuring Dutch stories, humor.” MKI owns only issue no. 1; may be only issue published.
Text is in Pennsylvania German and English.
Contents: Schpicte Widderferzaehlt (Wie Die Wunne fitzichkeit Die Katz Doht Gemacht Hott, Wie Er Sei Wett Gewunne Hott, Die Experts) — Dutch Language Corner: The Tschann Method of Dutch Study — Personals — Contest Corner — With the Editor — Blaudere Bletz (comic).
Donated by Dennis Boyer.

Edwards, Lois Hemmeter. “Finding Heinrich Strandt’s Birthplace: A Case Study.” Germanic Genealogy Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, Summer 2008, pp. 5-11, ill.
Describes the resources, strategies, and thought processes used by the author to find a place of origin for the Strandt family. Ottilie Strandt was the name of the wife of Robert Ziemer, the author’s great-grandfather, but no information on Ottilie’s birthplace was available. It was known that Robert Ziemer had come from Koerlin, Kreis Kolberg-Koerlin, Pomerania, and had immigrated before he married Ottilie Strandt. The couple and their descendants lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for generations.

Fasick, Erik. “Index to the Pennsylvania German Dialect Tape Collection of the Pennsylvania German Society.” Der Reggeboge (Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society) , vol. 37, no. 2, Dec. 2003, pp. 18-31.
“Most of the tapes, over eighty in number, were probably collected and recorded by Heinrich Kelz, former professor at Muhlenberg College. . . . Much of the collection was the result of Professor Kelz’ field work in gathering interviews, music, church services, and events such as fersommlings. In addition to the material collected by Professor Kelz, some of the material was gained through his collaboration with others, such as Dr. Arthur D. Graeff. While the main focus of the collection was the Pennsyvlania German people and their dialect, the collection also contains various items from Ohio, Texas, and Germany.”
Donated by Dennis Boyer.

Fuchs, Darlene. “Von Steuben Day.” German-American Journal, vol. 56, no. 4, Aug./Sept. 2008, pp. 3, ill.
“[Founded in 1957, t]he first Steuben Parade was held in the Ridgewood section of Queens, where many German immigrants lived. . . . The Annual German-American Steuben Parade of New York is one of the largest observances of German heritage throughout all America and the world.”

“The Georgia Salzburgers: Oldest Colony of Austrian Families in America.” Austrian Information, vol. 61, May-June 2008, pp. 1-3.
Thirty-seven Protestant families, having been expelled from Salzburg, arrived at the mouth of the Savannah River on March 12, 1734. This article documents some of their achievements and discusses plans to celebrate the 275th anniversary of their arrival in Georgia.

Haas, Oscar. A Chronological History of the Singers of German Songs in Texas. 1st ed. New Braunfels, Tex.: the author, 1948. 73 pp.
“A chronological history (1845-1948) of the Texas State Singers League (Deutschtexanischer Sängerbund), organized 1855; West Texas Hill Singers League (Westtexanischer Gebirgs-Sängerbund), organized 1881; Guadalupe Valley Singers League (Guadalupe-Tal Sängerbund), organized 1898; Gillespie County Singers League (Gillespie County Sängerbund), organized 1898; Comal Singers League (Comal Sängerbund), organized 1939 and of song and singing clubs before these leagues were formed.”
Donated by Glenn Gilbert.

Habein, Harold C. Jr. “Our Ancestors in 1858: Southern Minnesota Ancestors.” Germanic Genealogy Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, Summer 2008, pp. 13-15, ill.
Summary of a family history submitted to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the state of Minnesota. All of the families discussed here came from German regions, Alsace-Lorraine, and Switzerland, and eventually settled in southern Minnesota, with three of the families being in Minnesota in 1858. Some families spent time in Wisconsin or Illinois first. Family names are Schmitt, Haber, Lipp, Bangerter, Sahli, Wolf, Simon, Habein, and Niemeier.

Harter, Robert D. “Early U. S. History of the Joh. Georg Harter Family.” Der Reggeboge (Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society), vol. 38, no. 2, Aug. 2004, pp. 15-25.
Includes bibliographical references.
An excerpt from the author’s book, The Joh. Georg and Eva Harter Family: 250 Years in the United States . 2 vols. Morgantown, PA: Masthof Press, 2006. 1018 pp.
Pre-immigration information is unknown, but it is believed that Joh. Georg harter immigrated to the United States during the second quarter of the eighteenth century. He is listed on the 1790 census of Washington County, Maryland, and from Frederick County Lutheran church records it is known that his wife’s name was Eva. The article describes the family’s major events in Maryland after 1769, the activities of descendants in Franklin County, Virginia after 1792, and the role that religious faith played in the lives of many Harter family members.
Donated by Dennis Boyer.

Hoff, Lou Ann. “The Name Game.” Dat Pommersche Blatt (Pommerscher Verein Central Wisconsin), no. 57, July 2008, pp. 7-8.
Part one of a two-part article in which the author describes her search to discover more about her Graveen ancestors; in the process, she discovered nine different spellings associated with the surname.

Lancour, Harold, comp. A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825; Being a Guide to Published Lists of Early Immigrants to North America. 3d ed., rev. and enl. by Richard J. Wolfe. With a list of passenger arrival records in the National Archives by Frank E. Bridgers. New York: New York Public Library, 1963. ix, 137 pp.
Donated by Robert Meier.

Leary, James P. St. Nicholas Day in Wisconsin. Madison, Wis.: the author, [2008]. 1 pp. James P. Leary is Professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies and Director of the Folklore Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author reminisces about St. Nicholas Day at St. Joseph’s School in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, which he attended from 1956 to 1964.

Mammana, Richard J. Jr. “Interview with Sandra Hardy, Founder of Pennsylvania German Tombstones Online.” Der Reggeboge (Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society) , vol. 38, no. 2, Aug. 2004, pp. 27-30.
“Pennsylvania German tombstones hold an important and concrete place in the culture of the men and women who carved and erected them. Standing at the unique intersection of religion, folk piety, art, language change, stone-quarrying and local economies, they provide a sometimes surprising look at the beliefs and abilities of Pennsylvania German settlers and their descendants. While it is difficult to infer intention without written records to this effect, the very creation of tombstones in German seems to indicate that those who made them expected later generations to be able to read and understand them. Tombstones speak in a clear voice of a forward-looking German-language civic and religious life. . . . With calm determination and sometimes with strong, highly stylized designs, they say, ‘German was once spoken here.'” Sandra Hardy has created an online resource to help preserve digital records of Pennsylvania German tombstones (available at www.pagstones.com).
Donated by Dennis Boyer.

Plantenga, Bart. “Was Pennsylvania the ‘Birthplace’ of American Yodeling? A Reworkeed Excerpt from Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World.” Der Reggeboge (Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society) , vol. 38, no. 2, Aug. 2004, pp. 3-13.
“How and when yodeling came to the New World is a subject of some speculation. Most conventional wisdom pins the yodel’s transmission from Europe’s Alpine region at no earlier than the 1820s. The fact that this is 200 years after the first European settlers arrived begs the question: Could the yodel have stowed away and arrived much earlier, say, among the first waves of Germanic immigrants in the 1670s? Or did the yodel sneak in with the Scandinavians in the 1660s or with the first African slaves in the 1620s?”
Donated by Dennis Boyer.

Reymann, G. D. Gottlob Daniel. Reymann’s Special-Karte [Central European Maps]. Glogau [Poland]: Verlag von C. Flemming, 1832-1870. 1 compact disc.
G. D. Reymann’s topographischer Special-Karte von Central Europa fortgesetzt durch C. W. v. Oesfeld und F. Handtke. Scale: 1:200,000.
Reymann was a military cartographer who lived from 1759 to 1837.
PDF on compact disc of detailed maps covering most of East and West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Poland, northeast France, parts of Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Czechoslovakia, and former Baltic states. Includes index of sheet names, index of place names used as map title (with modern equivalents where appropriate), and legend.
PDF on CD donated by Martin W. Johnson.
See: https://mki.wisc.edu/genealogy/mki-resources-for-genealogists/historical-maps-of-central-europe-g-d-reymanns-special-karte-1832-1870/ for on-line version.

Salber, Ron. “Our Ancestors in 1858: The Salber Brothers of Wuerttemberg.” Germanic Genealogy Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, Summer 2008, pp. 19.
Summary of a family history submitted to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the state of Minnesota. “Bernhardt and Melchior Salber were brother who emigrated from Herdtlinsweiler, Oberamt Gmünd, Wuerttemberg. . . . Melchior came to America in the summer of 1867 and is listed in the 1870 census in Iowa County, Iowa. . . . Bernhardt, born in 1850, came to America in June 1868.” He lived on Wards Island, New York, until sometime after October 1873, when he arrived in Iowa. By 1883 Bernhardt and Melchior were living with their wives on neighboring farms near Schell City, Missouri.

Scott, Jonathan D. The Woman in the Wilderness. Coatesville, Pa.: Middleton Books, 2005. 304 pp.
On title page: Based on a True Story. Includes bibliographical references (pp. 303-304).
Historical novel based on a true story of Johannes Kelpius, a mystic philosopher mystic born in Siebenburgen, Transylvania, Germany, in 1673. In 1694 Kelpius and several other followers of a mystical faith arrived in America and established themselves in Pennsylvania. Kelpius died in Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1708.
Donated by Dennis Boyer.

Stoehr, Werner, ed. Gott ist für Uns. Andachten für jeden Tag. Large print edition. Yucaipa, Calif.: Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc., 2007. 100 pp.
Printed under license from: Concordia-Verlag, Zwickau, Deutschland.
Large-print German prayer book.
Donated by Elaine Kraft.

Thomas, Delphine Richter. “Our Ancestors in 1858: Four Families Come to Minnesota.” Germanic Genealogy Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, Summer 2008, pp. 16-17.
Summary of a family history submitted to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the state of Minnesota. All of the families come from Pomerania and east Prussia, now Poland. The families came to the United States in the 1800s, settling mostly in Stearns County, Minnesota, with a few stopping briefly in Wisconsin. Family names include Richter (from Kallies, Kreis Dramburg, Pomerania), Rodenwald (from Woltersdorf, Kreis Dramburg, Pomerania), Schoen, Bachenger/Barchenger, Giegel, Kind, Krueger, Kaiser, Mog/Mogk, Scheunemann, Teske (from Kreis Belgard, Pomerania), Sabrowsky and Eggert (from Bienau, Kreis Osterode, east Prussia), and Bayer.

“Timeline of Important Dates for Beginners in German Family History.” Der Blumenbaum (Sacramento German Genealogy Society) , vol. 26, no. 1, July/Aug./Sept. 2008, pp. 13.
Notes significant events from 911 to 1944

Timm, Dale. “Our Ancestors in 1858: The Brueske Family of Douglas County.” Germanic Genealogy Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, Summer 2008, pp. 12.
Summary of a family history submitted to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the state of Minnesota. Douglas County, Minnesota, was first settled in 1858, but nearly all its settlements were abandoned in 1862 because of the Dakota (Sioux) uprisings. Friedrich Brueske and his wife, Coelestine Cossum, came from Stettin and Berlin, respectively, and settled initially in the Lebanon, Wisconsin, area. Friedrich enlisted in the 48th Wisconsin Infantry in 1865; by 1876 the family had moved to Ida Township, Douglas County, Minnesota. Ida Township ws organized in 1870, and the 2000 census shows that about 34% of the population were of German ancestry.

Todd, Mary. Authority Vested: A Story of Identity and Change in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2000. xvi, 336 pp.
Includes bibliographical references (pp. 295-329) and index.
Chronicles the history of the 2.6-million-member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), founded in 1847. The author uses the ministry of women as a case study to show how LCMS has struggled with issues of authority, relevance, and identity in society at large. Incorporating oral histories and archival research, the book “not only explores the internal life of a significant denomination but also offers critical insights for other churches seeking to maintain their Christian distinctives in religiously pluralistic America.”
Donated by Robert Meier.

“Trachten: Dressing True to Tradition.” Der Blumenbaum (Sacramento German Genealogy Society) , vol. 26, no. 1, July/Aug./Sept. 2008, pp. 26-29, ill.
Includes a map showing Trachten regions around Minden, in Westfalen.

“Trachten: Naming the Parts and the Accessories.” Der Blumenbaum (Sacramento German Genealogy Society) , vol. 26, no. 1, July/Aug./Sept. 2008, pp. 30, ill.

“Trachten of the Schwalm in Hessen, Where the Grimm Brothers Found the Now-Famous ‘Rotkäppchen’ (‘Little Red Cap’) Story.” Der Blumenbaum (Sacramento German Genealogy Society) , vol. 26, no. 1, July/Aug./Sept. 2008, pp. 31, ill.

Weaver, William Woys. Country Scrapple: An American Tradition. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2003. xiv, 162 pp., ill. I
llustrations by Signe Sundberg-Hall. Foreword by Chef Fritz Blank, Deux Cheminees, Philadelphia.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-155) and index.
Traces the European origins of an American culinary oddity, a “mush made from pork products [leftover from the butchering process] and cereal, which is then sliced and fried.” While each immigrant group had its own scrapple recipe, the Pennsylvania Dutch version made from pork and cornmeal came to dominate the scene and holds its own as a regional favorite. Weaver documents recipes for the many regional American variations and explains the differences among them. Includes a listing of German museums with scrapple-related displays.
Donated by Roger and Kay Doran, Antigo, WI, 2008.

Weaver-Zercher, David L., ed. Writing the Amish: The Worlds of John A. Hostetler. Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society, v. 38. Pennsylvania German History and Culture Series, no. 5. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005. xviii, 351 pp., ill.
Includes bibliographical notes and references (pp. [321]-342) and index.
Contents: Part I. Perspectives on John A. Hostetler. 1. An Amish Beginning / John A. Hostetler, with Susan Fisher Miller — 2. The Redemptive Community: An Island of Sanity and Silence / Donald B. Kraybill — 3. Plain Folk and Folk Society: John A. Hostetler’s Legacy of the Little Community / Simon J. Bronner — 4. An Uneasy Calling: John A. Hostetler and the Work of Cultural Mediation / David L. Weaver-Zercher — Part II. Writings of John A. Hostetler. 5. Letter to Amish Bishops Concerning Shunning (1944) — 6. Toward a New Interpretation of Sectarian Life in America (1951) — 7. Excerpt from Amish Life (1952) — 8. God Visits the Amish (1954) — 9. Why Is Everybody Interested in the Pennsylvania Dutch? (1955) — 10. The Amish Use of Symbols and Their Function in Bounding the Community (1964) — 11. Persistence and Change Patterns in Amish Society (1964) — 12. The Amish Way of Life Is at Stake (1966) — 13. Old Order Amish Child Rearing and Schooling Practices: A Summary Report (1970) — 14. Folk Medicine and Sympathy Healing among the Amish (1976) — 15. The Amish and the Law: A Religious Minority and Its Legal Encounters (1984) — 16. Marketing the Amish Soul (1984) — 17. A New Look at the Old Order (1987) — 18. Toward Responsible Growth and Stewardship of Lancaster County’s Landscape (1989) — The Life of John A. Hostetler: A Chronology — The Publications of John A. Hostetler: A Bibliography.
Donated by Dennis Boyer.

Wiant, Allen. “Her Name Was Mary. . . Or Was It? A Search for Identity.” The Palatine Immigrant, vol. 33, no. 3, June 2008, pp. 3-7, ill.
“Johannes Weigand (later known as John Wiant) was a ‘Hessian mercenary’ who served under the British during the American Revolutionary War. . . . John’s origins, his arrival in America and his record as a soldier are related elsewhere [see: “John Wiant of Albemarle County, Virginia: A Hessian POW in America,” The Palatine Immigrant, vol. xxviii, no. 1 (Dec. 2002), pp. 8-12.]. The identity of the mother of his children, however, has remained a mystery.” Article presents the authors’ “findings and conclusions, based largely on circumstantial evidence.”

Wuerffel, Stella. Two Rivers to Freedom. St. Louis: Clayton Pub. House, 1980. 382 pp.
[Ex libris: First Saint Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church [Chicago].
Historical fiction about a group of nearly 800 German Christians who left Saxony, Germany in 1838 to come to America to achieve religious freedom. Describes “the hardships and privations of the long sea journey” and the work to create new settlements in eastern Perry County, Missouri.
Donated by Robert Meier, 2008.

Yoder, Don. The Pennsylvania Geman Broadside: A History and Guide. Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society, v. 39; Pennsylvania German History and Culture Series, no. 6. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press for the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania German Society, 2005. xviii, 366 pp., ill. (some col.).
Includes bibliographical references pp. ([336]-357) and index.
Contents: Song and Ballad Broadsides — The Broadside and Customs of the Year — Political and Military Broadsides — Medical Broadsides — Sale bills, Advertisements, and Bookplates — Dialect Broadsides and Community Events — Religious Broadsides — House-blessings and Heaven-letters — The Broadside and the Rites of Passage — Prints: The Picture World of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Donated by Dennis Boyer.

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Family Histories and Archives  

Friedrich August and Ernest BellmannFriedrich [Frederick] August Bellman [Bellmann].
Photocopies and scanned images of documents related to Friedrich August Bellmann; originals were discovered inside a suitcase in a basement.
From an obituary from the Viola [Wisconsin] News: “August, as he was familiarly known by all, was one of the most universally well liked men in Viola. . . Frederick August Bellman was born in Dresden, Saxony, Germany, August 21, 1885 and died at his home in Viola, Wisconsin, January 23, 1919 in his thirty-fourth year. . . . [A]t the age of seventeen [he] came to America, making his home in New York, where he worked at his trade as baker. Later he came west and worked in the Seybold bakery in Richland Center. While at the latter place he met Miss Myrtle Johnson to whom he was married on December 25, 1911. . . . In 1912 he came to viola and opened a bakery in partnership with his brother-in-law. The business prospered from the beginning and later he bought out his partner, then bought the Waggoner block and made a success in our midst.”
Also includes: Frachbrief [bill of lading] for materials sent on the Nord-Brabant Deutsche Eisenbahn to the Graf Waldersee, dated 13 September 1909 — English translation of birth certificate (signed 22 August 1885 in Radeburg) — photographs of F. A. Bellmann, the Bellmann family in Bautzen (1909), the exterior and interior of the Viola (Bellman) Bakery, Friedrich and his brother Ernest — a postcard from Adolf Bellmann in Bautzen to August Bellmann in New York (1909) — Certificate of Naturalization for Friedrich August Bellmann dated 5 August 1909 from the New York City, New York — postcard (in English) from Paul Hoffmann, a friend in Chicago, showing him riding a motorcycle (1914) –death certificate for Frederic August Bellman (Jan. 23, 1919) — death certificate for Anna Minnie Bellman (Mar. 5, 1921), wife of Ernest Bellman — listing of Bellmans buried in Richland County (Wisconsin) cemeteries: Anna Minnie Koller Bellman, August Frederick bellman, Ernest P. Bellman, Frederick Johnson Bellman, N. Doris Annear Bellman, Otto Earl Bellman.
Donated by Robert Bellman.

Seyffert, Gordon. Ancestors and Siblings of Adolph and Hedwig Ballaseus Moll, of St. Louis. Kansas City, Mo.: the author, 2008. 34 pp.
Adolph Christian Ferdinand Moll was born in 1834 in Perleberg, Kreis Westpregnitz, Brandenburg, Prussia and came to America in 1852. He immigrated with his parents and five siblings. In 1861 he married Emma Friederike Hedwig Ballaseus. Emma was born in 1843, most likely in Marienfelde, Kreis Marienwerder, Prussia. Adolph was a successful businessman, running a grocery business and investing in real estate in St. Louis, Missouri. He died in St. Louis in 1898. Emma died in St. Louis in 1926. The history also provides details on ancestors and siblings; names include: Burmeister, Wagner, Gaedke, Jaschinski, Behm, Sonnenkalben, Razies, Sprengel, Rauschnik, Linde, Vogler, Granzow, and Rumpfeld.
Donated by Gordon Seyffert.

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Textbooks

No materials donated to this collection at this time.

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